Amalia Café

Frommer's Review

Even though the owners, Randolph and Helga Maynard, are not from Spain (he's from Antigua and she's from Germany), they offer the most savory Spanish cuisine in town, including a varied selection of tasty tapas. Their location is romantically located in a Spanish meson in the cobblestone Palm Passage in the center of Charlotte Amalie. The razor-sharp Spanish cooking techniques are generated by a team of chefs from the Dominican Republic, who have been extensively trained in the preparation of Spanish culinary traditions.

We like to make a full meal just out of the tapas, especially garlic shrimp, clams in green sauce, and delightful mussels in a brandy sauce. That Castilian classic, garlic soup, is also offered as a starter. These DR chefs make the best paella Valenciana in town (the secret is in the fish stock). Their zarzuela de mariscos, or seafood casserole, is as good as you might get along Spain's Costa Brava. A pasta of the day is offered but one of their best specialties is oven-roasted lamb shank in pan juices and sherry flavoring. Not only do they serve the best pitchers of sangria on the island, the cooks also make the best caramel flan for dessert.

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